[mythtv] Dual tuners, LiveTV, why must LiveTV always be interrupted?

[Joe Votour]

This is what I was afraid of, and why I was asking for
input.

I only have a basic system of two tuners using analog
cable.  The algorithm is really simple:
- If the tuner for the scheduled recording is busy,
then find the next free tuner.
- If there are no free tuners, then use the scheduled
tuner (and pop up the dialog box as normal).

So, I guess the question then, is how do you manually
specify a tuner in the GUI (or are you editing the
database manually)?  In looking at the conflict
resolution screen, I found a number (1 or 2 on my
system), which seems to correspond to a tuner number,
but I couldn't figure out how to change this.  Or is
this something that is done during the initial "setup"
program?  Looking at some of the advanced
configuration options, I can also venture a guess that
maybe it's in the recording profile as well.  Please
clarify this for me.

One thing that I was thinking of is putting it in the
configuration options, so that you can enable it if it
makes sense for you (like me, I really love this fix,
and it's only about 10 lines), or if you have a system
where you assign tuners specifically, then it can be
disabled.

Definitely I'm looking for input and trying to make
this as compatible as possible.

-- Joe

--- Kevin Hjelden <mythtv at burntpopcorn.net> wrote:
> Be careful about how you implement this. I've got
> two tuners as well and 
> they aren't connected to the same input source (one
> is hooked to comcast 
> basic cable, and the other to my directv tuner).
> Will your code be able 
> to adjust for this?
> 
> I just wanted to bring up something because you
> might not be thinking 
> about it.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> Joe Votour wrote:
> > Isaac,
> > 
> > Thanks for the pointer in the right direction. 
> Just
> > by messing around with the value of
> > nextRecording->cardid (just set it to 2, rather
> than
> > 1), I've been able to watch LiveTV while recording
> > another program (well, something recorded, I need
> to
> > make sure it's the right thing), without being
> asked
> > to change the channel.
> > 
> > This is up for debate, but I'd like some ideas
> (from
> > you, and other people on the list) as to how this
> > situation should be handled...  Should it be
> automatic
> > that in a multi-tuner system that the recording be
> > done on the second tuner when watching LiveTV?  Or
> > would people like to have this seen as a
> configuration
> > option?
> > 
> > At any rate, don't expect this in before the
> release
> > of 0.12, I want to make sure that I do it right
> and
> > test it fully (which means that I'll even rip a
> tuner
> > out of  my MythTV machine to make sure it works
> with
> > only one tuner).  That, and I pretty much only get
> > weekends to code.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Joe
> > 
> > 
> > --- Isaac Richards <ijr at po.cwru.edu> wrote:
> > 
> >>On Thursday 09 October 2003 02:12 am, Joe Votour
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>>I guess this question is mainly aimed at Isaac,
> >>
> >>but
> >>
> >>>where should I look to fix this?  I've been
> >>
> >>playing
> >>
> >>>around in tv_play.cpp and tv_rec.cpp
> >>
> >>You'll want to look in
> >>programs/mythbackend/scheduler.cpp, as that
> >>determines 
> >>what gets scheduled where.
> >>
> >>Isaac
> 
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